Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

The Courier-Mail .,~ ':_· J.~ .. fll ,: Concert hall ·a ttream venue 23 December 1983 WHILE Ille Cultural Complex Art Gallerywasde– ;igncd u part or the river bank. the 'Performing ~rts Complex enlivens the activity spaces between the two baildings. Robin Gibson. architect for the complex. says 5tanley Sareet must go. bringing river bank grass right up to the Lyric Theatre, if the full site poten– tial is lo be achieved. Having just toured the performance spaces with Mr Gibsoe. it is clear the acoustic excellence of ;imilar Oftfseas facilities is about to become avail– able in Brisbane. The rid reverberation time of up to 2.7 seconds in the 2000-seat classic concert hall, and the shal– low dcptll of the 1000 to 2000-scat Lyric Theatre arc the IIIO design parameters dreamed or by per– formers and designers alike. Rarely arc they achieved without detrimental tradcoffs. Bri'lba• has never had a classic symphonic con– cert hall. This one is fully acoustically isolated in a doublc-san structure. and makes maximum use of wood (.ltlinstonc River hardwood) on the deep stage floar with air space underneath, for optimum acousaic prrformance. For fi• tuning of the hall. adjustable "acoustic blanuts., on the walls can absorb eitcess rever~ra– tion •h~ needed. Lcadi• off the grand foyer space, itself an u– ercisc in egativc space, is the Lyric Theatre. Here metal chain curtains can be made to drop out_qr the ovoidcciing to adjust seating depths to 1000; 1500 or 2000. ., . Stalls and two balcony levels following the con– tours of llle ribbed ceiling make every scat desir– _able. No ..dog" seals here. , ·); . ....,, ,• f ' ~ / I I t ! I • I . •·